- to hit with a piercing blow
- bitter fighting; a violent battle
- lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
- right-wing; reactionary; conservative; (PRC) rightist deviation
- to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
- in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
- an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- to cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
- night sky
- style; manner; ethos
- lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
- Yamashita (Japanese surname)
- (slang) heroin
- (coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud
- to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each other
- to speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc; (fig.) to convey a strong message
- see 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后[tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2 , huang2 que4 zai4 hou4]
- to take risks; involved in adventure
- winner
- morality; righteousness and justice
- one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused; disconcerted; upset
- (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated
- to utilize; to put sth to use
- to survive; to keep on living
- (idiom) obscure; dubious; shady
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- paranoia; monomania
- speculator
- to bury
- disturbance; incident
- appropriate; suitable
- to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)